SuburbanDaddy

OK, Momnesia must be real news now, because the Today Show just had a segment on it.
Also, as I lay in bed watching the Today Show this morning, sick, deciding if I should go to work, I also enjoyed a segment entitled Why it is Unethical To Go To Work When You Are Sick. Not [...]

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USA Today has a big article today on a condition known as “momnesia”. The basic premise is that new moms (and dads) are subject to “mental fuzziness and memory lapses that set in shortly after childbirth“. The primary causes are stress and sleep deprivation. No, really, it’s true.
At what point does this [...]

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Yes, you read that right. I want my kids to watch more TV. I’d like them to sit, quietly, for about an hour and give SuburbanDaddy a few minutes to rest.
I tried to have “movie time” on both days this weekend. On Saturday I built up the idea of watching Finding Nemo, [...]

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News yesterday of yet another child product recall, this time for the Bumbo chair. We’ve used the Bumbo chair for years and it is a great product. It allows babies to sit up before they can do it themselves. Thing 3 loves to sit in his Bumbo and watch his brothers play. [...]

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I can’t believe what I read in today’s Family Almanac column in the Washington Post. A mother of a 10 month old is asking how to get her toddler to listen to her and stop being so curious. I especially like this:
When we were on vacation, the rental home was full of objects [...]

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New parents learn very quickly that late night TV, and especially early morning, sucks. I’m writing this at 5:45am, after watching the end of what could be the worst movie ever made - Staying Alive. It’s the sequel to a very good movie, but they should have known it was off to a [...]

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Kids are an enormous productivity drain. I have a todo list that only seems to grow, no matter how much I manage to get done. There just aren’t enough hours in the day. Case in point: It’s been 3 weeks since I made a blog entry. Any free moment I manage [...]

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Last week, after yet another “snow day”, I wondered if kids today have it easier than I did. It’s a common joke that parents tell their kids When I was your age, I walked to school 3 miles. Each way. In the snow…” Cliche, yes. But when I was a [...]

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